Bearing



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BEARING.

l APPLICATION FILED lN0V..28, 1919.

1,350,245. Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

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lment of the destroyed lsrl-rares l JOSEPH r. s'rncnowsxrforivnw YORK, 1v. Y.

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Application lfiled lNovember 28, 1919.v Serial No. 341,165.

To allebhom t'wmy'oc'ern:

Be it known that I, Josnri-I F. ST'ACHow'- sx1, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at New York, in ,the county 1oiNew York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bearings, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates .to bearings.

Some of the objects of the invention are z-to produce a bearing which embodies a destructible or frangible element of a predetermined strength or .load carrying capacity which is disposed in the bearing to sustain pressure up to a predetermined degree so that anexcessive degree of pressure brought to bear upon certain parts of: the bearing as correlated `with the said rangible element will cause said element to break in lieu of a more expensive part or parts of the bearing;-to produce a bearing which embodies a rangible element calculated to break in lieu or more expensive parts, at a time when the load supported to thus realize a gain as regards money expenditure for replace'- parts-the breaking of parts as they now ordinarily occur cause a great loss of time in' effecting repair, which should be capable of accomplishment with avery minimum delay, thus affecting materially the earning capacityV oi' any machine which will be overcome in-machines Vto which bearings of this type are applied.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention resides in the particular provision and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of the bearing embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a centralvertical sectional view.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawing, it will be seen, that the ,bearing comprises a body member 10 which is substantiallyof U shape to provide parts 11411. The body member is also provided with extensions '12-12 which are adapted to receive studs or the like vfor securing the bearing in place at vthe desired location. To provide for adjustment, the bearingl is provided with partsr 13 and 14 which form the shaft hole and as usual y and which cut-aways also permit Specification of Letters P'ate-nt. yIkjgcrltd Aug, 17,

thes'eparts., are so constructed and are so disposed to be dividedio'n a line `rat' right,

angles "to the direction ofthe pressure which they-are-'ntnded to Sustain. The part is forms the cap and is provided with the usual oil hole and is secured as at 15--15 to the parts 11 of the body member 10. The

part 14 which ordinarily supports ythe major portion of the stresses and strains and which carries the load, is provided with' extensions 16-16 which are disposed in grooves 17--17 in the parts 11-11 ofthe body member and said part rests upon a irangible element 18 which in accordance with this invention is to support the load andr wvhichelement in fact is oit' a predeter-Y mined strength and is capable of withstanding a predetermined degree oiA pressure.4

The frangible element properly sustains or supports the load so long as it is not Vexcessive-excess load or pressure causing the element 1S to break. g The element V18 is weakened or checked as at 19 by virtue of which the load carrying capacity or strength of said element may be brought to a predetermined degree. The checking of said element therefore is to be understood, from the manner'of application herein, as being significant of anything intended to bring about the characteristic which the velement 19 is to haie-namely', that it is to be capable of withstanding a predetermined degree of pressure. The part 14- isV formed with a dependingfportion 2O which has beveled vfaces 21 ,to provide an apex which is'received in one of the checks 19 of the ele'- ment 18. Each oii the grooves 1 7 is cutaway as at 22 which provides shoulders 23 upon which the ends of the member 18 rest the member when the same is broken to move laway as the part 1-1 moves'down. The body member 10 is so formed as to permit the broken parts of. the element 18 to `fally Jfar enough so as not'to interfere with the downward movement of part 14.. rI he opposite ends of the element 18 are disposed of saidelement being therefore prevented.

This invention has a wide range of ap- 'usey parts of Vinthe grooves 17-17, lateral displacement Y application may be carried out to the full `which embodies grooves, a plurality of parts recessed to form a shaftl hole, one ofsaid parts having extensions thereon Which are disposed in said'groove's, a frangible element of predetermined strength having the ends thereof disposed in said grooves as and `for the purpose specified.

2.v A bearingincluding a body member, a-

plurality of parts recessed to form a shaft hole supported by said body member, one of said parts being arranged for sliding movement, and a separate element, Weakened to a predetermined strength by its being checked,` supporting said last mentioned part. Y Y

3. A bearing comprising a` body member which provides spaced members, cut-aways in said members which define shoulders, a plurality of shaft hole formingparts, a rangble element of predetermined strength supported `upon 4the said shoulders and havingv its ends extending into said cut- Y aways.

signature;

JOSEPH F.. sTAvoHovvsKr.V

In testimony 'whereof I have aixed myV i 

